love apple
A tomato moniker that originated in the 16th century when tomatoes from North Africa were known in Italy as pomo dei Mori, "apples of the Moors." That was transliterated to the French pomme d'amour . . . "love apple."
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COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.
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